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xtrmecat
Trad climber
Kalispell, Montanagonia
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May 19, 2009 - 05:27pm PT
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DMT, yes beware indeed. My boss at a 17 year trade occupation was a screw off big time. Practical jokes, blowing things up, mean jokes on anyone not like him, etc.. I thought as you that he never needed to interact with me means that I was doing my job and he was not saddled with having to motivate me.
True, to a point. When the layoffs were coming last september it all became apparent to things that had recently happened. I worked under him for three years with no need to improve anything on my part, according to his evaluations of me, that is. Then one day out of the blue, he comes into the break room, yelling at me, (for the benefit of making a scene)and proceded to start the paperwork for discipline, and I have no idea what was happening.
He writes me up per company policy, I sign a copy, and just write it off to his having a bad day,(neighbor screwing his wife/dog died) whatever. Withing a day his boss stops by for a chat, about my performance, and boy did that come from nowhere. He had been recieving complaints of me not doing anything since the "incident" and that my boss said my attitude was disruptive to all other workers in the shop. I was the worker in the shop, the other spent his time on the internet with the boss, watching porn/ action videos all day.
Long story short I filed a complaint of harassment of around a 100 things he had done to me that were directly against company policy, like grabbing my balls from behind to watch me jump, and degrading me in front of other workers for his amusement. Investigation ensued, outside legal people hired to be objective, investigation goes really well from my point, according to all involved. Layoff begins before investigation is complete, and I am the first to go due to disciplinary problems.
Go figure. The salary people, friends of mine had been forwarned of coming cutbacks, so they could decide who needed to go. I hunt with a few of them, and we talked about it.
I only needed to be mad at him for around twenty four hours, and then just decided it really was him that had to live with the a$$hole, not me. Really hurt economically, and life changed drastically. I'm poor, but happy. People like him may have their income and security, but I'd be willing to bet it takes many a cocktail to get to sleep at night. Pity him really. I'd rather struggle every day than live like that.
Bob
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adam d
climber
CA
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May 19, 2009 - 05:27pm PT
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look! i didn't capitalize anything! i'm not fit to teach either!
sorry to hear it Allez. Seems to me that in a community of educators your colleagues should have respected your wishes on this, whether they're required to or not.
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Edge
Trad climber
New Durham, NH
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May 19, 2009 - 05:29pm PT
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I was self-employed as a furniture maker/designer for 12 years (and hence no coworkers) before I realized that working alone all day in my shop was not healthy for me. My first clue was the fact that my dogs didn't listen to NPR, and were completely unaccepting of informed verbal debate. My second flag was the intense desire to imbibe cocktails at 2 pm, but I digress.
I then took a job teaching wood shop/construction trades at an alternative high school, and promptly got certified by the state of NH. I also learned a variety of unique skills, like therapeutic restraints, ducking when someone swings an iron pipe at you, and being able to make two sided Xerox copies. I did this successfully for three years, and always thought that as long as there were troubled kids, I had job security.
Three weeks ago our parent company decided to close our school, the most successful in the organization, due to budget issues and a key sending district starting their own Alt-Ed program. Of the 12 employees at the school, I was the only one who was offered a job at the parent location, a one hour commute away. Basically I will be creating the program from scratch at a whole new location, and will enjoy the challenge.
I will do this until my rather large house sells (both kids are now in college, so time to cut bait) and then the wife and I will take an extended road trip with the end game of relocating to Colorado.
As for a coworker story, sorta, back when I was working construction my company hired a crew of insulators, heavy metal heads with one brain that they shared amongst the four of them on some random basis. They showed up each day with a $400 boom box and just blasted obnoxious music, defying kind pleas, demands, and eventual threats.
After three days of this nonsense, I arrived early and hardwired their preferred outlet to 220 volts. Proud.
Allez, you got a raw deal, man, and I wish you the best.
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AllezAllez510
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 19, 2009 - 05:36pm PT
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Wow, TIG...quite the response. I didn't realize I had to go over my posting with a fine-tooth grammar comb. Shall I APA format this as well? I generally took you for a fairly cool headed individual who injects some good quantitative sense into topics like renewable energy etc.....I guess you're just...well, I won't call you names. I hope you enjoy the kind of job security that allows you to put people down after being laid off. I also hope that your co-workers are members of the Swedish Bikini Team. Have a nice day.
edit: and also, call me shi%ty teacher...I could care less. I have documented test scores for the past five years that say otherwise.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Redlands
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May 19, 2009 - 05:43pm PT
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Good luck Allez, hope you can find another spot soon.
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mrtropy
Trad climber
Nor Cal
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May 19, 2009 - 05:49pm PT
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"I could care less." you mean to say: I could not care less
Watch out TIG will jump on that too.
Best of luck- My students were telling me about their science teacher breaking down and in class about getting her pink slip. It is looking grim out there.
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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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May 19, 2009 - 05:55pm PT
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"I also can't, as Dingus points, out conclude that his peers are any better."
might know how
to spell check,
but can't punctuate
can ya.
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dirtbag
climber
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May 19, 2009 - 05:56pm PT
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TR, you are on a roll!
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graniteclimber
Trad climber
Nowhere
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May 19, 2009 - 06:23pm PT
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""I could care less." you mean to say: I could not care less"
Mrtropy, are you from outside the country, or are you otherwise not conversant in American English? Knowledge of a language includes knowledge of idioms. The idiom is "I could care less."
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adam d
climber
CA
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May 19, 2009 - 06:39pm PT
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Idioms frequently defy the Principle of Compositionality. The fact is, people use both expressions. Both have meaning, and both are idioms. As for which form someone else uses, I couldn't care less.
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mrtropy
Trad climber
Nor Cal
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May 19, 2009 - 06:43pm PT
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The idiom is "I could care less. Wrong
graniteclimber you are wrong.
I am correct and you are wrong.
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graniteclimber
Trad climber
Nowhere
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May 19, 2009 - 06:48pm PT
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mrtropy, see the tutorial for dingbats.
"That old people are following their lead is deeply disturbing."
Dingus, how old are you?!!!111 Did you grow up pre-WWII?
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graniteclimber
Trad climber
Nowhere
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May 19, 2009 - 07:03pm PT
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That he's old and cantankerous, yes. I knew that he'd agree with its conclusion, but it does establish what the idiom is, even if he doesn't like it. I laughed when I read it to think that someone would take the time to write that up. By a dingbat for dingbats.
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Chaz
Trad climber
Boss Angeles
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May 19, 2009 - 07:48pm PT
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Those who can't teach, teach PE.
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AllezAllez510
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 19, 2009 - 08:08pm PT
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Well, I think this was the straw that broke the camel's back. I don't think I'll frequent this forum anymore. Cool TR's and discussions, but the number of cranky old geezers who have nothing better to do than nitpick others' grammar is just too much. Good day.
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graniteclimber
Trad climber
Nowhere
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May 19, 2009 - 08:11pm PT
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"cranky old geezers who have nothing better to do than nitpick others' grammar is just too much."
You nailed it. Your backstabbing co-workers have nothing on the Taco Grammer Nazis.
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Chaz
Trad climber
Boss Angeles
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May 19, 2009 - 08:15pm PT
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One thing all us old cranky bastards have in common is we all spent long hours in school having teachers nitpick our grammar.
So we hold teachers to higher standards of grammar, higher than they hold themselves evidently.
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graniteclimber
Trad climber
Nowhere
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May 19, 2009 - 08:21pm PT
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Is that why you hate all teachers, Chaz? Because you couldn't handle them nitpicking your grammer? You've said before that you want all teachers fired.
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the Fet
Supercaliyosemistic climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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May 19, 2009 - 08:22pm PT
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Dingus, how old are you?!!!111 Did you grow up pre-WWII?
pre-WWII? Hell Dingus grew up pre-Atari. Sorry, that was terrible.
Best of luck Allez. Equating a typo on a forum post to your job performance when you were just laid off is the sign of an ass, nothing to do with you, but I'm sure you knew that.
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